Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is a good choice to be Donald Trump's running mate.

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is a good choice to be Donald Trump's running mate.

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Updated: 6:23 PM CDT Jul 20, 2016

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WEBVTT MICHEAL: 20 YEARS AGO, IT WAS KANSAS'S BOB DOLE WHO WAS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDE IN SAN DIEGO. AND DOLE, WHO IS ALMOST 93, HAS BEEN IN CLEVELAND FOR PART OF THIS CONVENTION. THE KANSAS GOP SENT OUT THIS PICTURE OF DOLE GREETING SOME KANSAS DELEGATES ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH USA TODAY, DOLE IS SAYS DONALD TRUMP'S AGGRESSIVE TONE WAS GREAT FOR THE PRIMARIES BUT NOT SO GOOD FOR THE GENERAL. NOW HE HAS TO TONE DOWN HIS RHETORIC AND REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND BECOME MORE INCLUSIVE. TRUMP ARRIVED BACK IN CLEVELAND THIS AFTERNOON. HE WAS GREETED BY HIS RUNNING MATE, INDIANA GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE. HE HAS AN IMPORTANT SPEECH TONIGHT. PENCE WILL SHOW THE CONVENTION, AND A NATIONAL AUDIENCE, HIS CONSERVATIVE CREDENTIALS, AND AS TRUMP SUPPORTER SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS TOLD ME TODAY, SHOW HE FULFILL THE TRADITIONAL RUNNING MATE ROLE OF BEING A POLITICAL ATTACK DOG. >> WELL, I THINK MIKE PENCE WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM AND WILL NOT HESITATE TO HONESTLY AND DIRECTLY CRITICIZE THE FLAWS IN HILLARY CLINTON, HER CAMPAIGN, HER PHILOSOPHY, AND HER APPROACH TO BIG GOVERNMENT, BIG SPENDING, AND BIG REGULATION. I THINK HE IS GOING TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE ON THAT. MICHEAL: JEFF SESSION WAS THE FIRST US SENATOR TO ENDORSE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, AND FOR A WHILE, HE WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION AS TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE. BUT IT'S MIKE PENCE, GIVING THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HIS POLITICAL

Alabama senator says Pence is good choice to run with Trump

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is a good choice to be Donald Trump's running mate.